"At some point in time, our enemies would realize it and would prohibit their shinobi from carrying much money and any jutsu scrolls. That's where the second part of our plan starts." As Ashira said that all eyes were on him since the second part of the plan was not something that has being discussed in the meeting yet.
"We would strike out the bandit camps in the other countries that would participate in the war." Everyone was confused to hear that. They all had a similar question in mind as to why they would help the enemy villages by exterminating their internal threats which were bandits.
"I know what all of you are thinking so let me explain to you something about Bandits and why they are important to all shinobi villages. Have you ever wondered why a shinobi village does not let other shinobi villages take any mission for bandit extermination in their countries? The Land of Fire is an exception for us since Konoha is our ally and their land is quite big so they can't cover all of it and they have too many bandits groups for them alone to handle."
"As for other country shinobi villages, the bandits are a source for them to train their lower ranked shinobi, especially their genins and Chunins. Dealing with bandits would help these shinobi gain experience to kill other people when required. And that's the main reason that the shinobi villages do not let the other villages hunt bandits in their country." Everyone was still confused about why they would deal with bandits in other countries. Even if dealing with them could hamper the growth of their future shinobi, it would not benefit them in the current war.
"But there is another reason that bandits are being hunted down and that is for loot, stolen loot. The home village had to give back the stolen loot and money to merchants from whom the bandits had stolen from, if they were still alive if not then they keep it for themselves. But we have no obligation to do so. We steal their entire loot and that would act as our war funds." Ashira said with a grin on his face.
Everyone who heard that also had a grin on their face. More than just funding the wars, the loot would be a huge boon for them.
It has to be remembered that bandits mostly looted from rich merchants or even entire towns. They are bound to have a lot of money and even rare goods.
'Damn, Grandpa is quite clever and cheeky.' Yoriichi thought
"While they would be thinking that we are defending hidden grass and not doing anything else, we will sweep their lands of bandits. Of course, we have to do it in such a way that it would go unnoticed for at least two days. That's why both Genkai and Yoriichi would be tasked with this mission. Both would be assigned three jonins each for this mission. With their teleportation abilities, the task would be completed much faster and efficiently."
'While my teleportation ability is limited since I can't set more than 5 marks at a time but it would certainly make my task faster.' Yoriichi mused
"As for which countries we would raid, it would depend on which countries that join the war. Since we would be doing this mission ourselves, we don't have to share the loot with Konoha. But if more than two villages join the war then one of the three countries bandits would be dealt by Konoha under the lead of Tobirama Senju who too has developed a space-time ninjutsu." Ashira concluded their strategy with this.
[A/N: I had made a mistake in the story. I had said that Tobirama had not developed a space-time ninjutsu yet. But he had used Flying Raijin when he killed Madara's brother. It's too late for me to edit it. So just that Tobirama killed Izuna with some other jutsu. And I am sorry for the mistake, it's just hard to remember every detail from the story.]
"The only thing that I ask for you all to survive. Don't die on the battlefield because remember that the whole of Uzushiogakure is waiting for you to return. Now show these villages what it means to be an Uzushiogakure shinobi. Victory to Uzu!" Ashira motivated his men.
"VICTORY TO UZU!" Everyone followed the chant.
And with that, the war strategy meeting was concluded. Everyone started preparing for the upcoming war. The fuinjutsu masters were busy with prepared different seals including paper bombs, barrier seals, some trap seals, and storage scrolls.
Everyone who was going to take part in the war was being given black rods that were provided by Yoriichi over the years thanks to his dojutsu.
Teams were being assigned. All four hundred shinobi who were going to take part in defending the Land of Grass were given a crash course on war tactics as well as different formations.
While all of this was going on, Yoriichi was busy deciding how to make an entrance on the battlefield.
'I should make some grand entrance since it's my first war. I should fly to the battlefield with Satori. Yes, just seeing that beast might make some enemy shinobi pee hahaha.' Yoriichi thought fully aware that if his thoughts were heard by any elder of the village, he would be in for a long lecture on not to take wars as fun and for showing off.
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